LibrariANN writes ”
To all the fans of the documentary, hello! If you’re hearing about this project for the first time, welcome. More information about the first-ever full-length documentary film about librarians, see http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com.
I am thrilled to announce that the documentary is making tremendous progress. The production is going very smoothly – schedules, interviews, hotels, flights, camera rental, film stock – everything is where it should be when it should be and I am ecstatic to be so far along at this point.
LibrariANN writes ”
To all the fans of the documentary, hello! If you’re hearing about this project for the first time, welcome. More information about the first-ever full-length documentary film about librarians, see http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com.
I am thrilled to announce that the documentary is making tremendous progress. The production is going very smoothly – schedules, interviews, hotels, flights, camera rental, film stock – everything is where it should be when it should be and I am ecstatic to be so far along at this point.
We have shot about 25 hours of footage from all around the country. Librarians: school, public, children’s, corporate, medical, academic, and technical librarians, as well as library students and retired librarians. They are young, middle and older, black, white, Hispanic and Asian. The librarians are funny, smart, dedicated and deeply moving. We also have footage of school children, patrons, a principal, a doctor, young children at story hour, and a writer, Ray Bradbury. We have some patrons speaking to the camera in Spanish and Russian. All the non-librarian interviews describe the value of libraries and librarians in their lives – they are incredible.
Since March 2005, we have filmed in Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Wisconsin and California. Our film crew is now off for the month of October while we pause and review the footage, consider what still needs to be filmed (I have a list of dozens of librarians in different libraries but we can’t do it all), and get ready for our next shoot in November.
We have received two grants totaling $85,000 from foundations that have enabled us to come this far. I continue to explore foundations which fund documentary work, which although it is time-consuming and highly competitive, I’m sure will yield something down the road. I am also working on Federal grants, although they usually require matching funds. In the meantime, we need some more money in the budget to keep going.
So, I am looking for 2,000 librarians and librarian lovers who want to contribute $50 to the film budget. Will you be one?
I have met many, many librarians who want to be part of this historic and monumental librarian film project, and I am moved to tears by their generosity. Please be assured that not a penny of the film’s budget has been wasted or used frivolously. We librarians deserve a first-rate film, and we are getting it. This documentary is being shot on high-definition film with a Panasonic Vericam, by an experienced cameraman and an expert sound designer. It will be edited by a top-notch editor with state-of-the-art digital editing technology. Your contribution will go toward buying film stock, travel costs, salaries for the film crew (as the director, I am deferring 95% of my salary), tape dubbing, equipment rentals and to begin the copyright clearance process.
If you are interested in sponsoring the film with $50, send a check payable to “The Hollywood Librarian” to:
The Hollywood Librarian
c/o Bi-Folkal Productions, Inc.
809 Williamson St.
Madison, WI 53703
Or please click on http://hollywoodlibrarian.com/sponsor.html to send your contribution via the Paypal link. (Note: This is a non-profit organization.)
Please forward/post this email far and wide in Libraryland. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
~ann
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Ann Seidl, MLIS
Writer/Director
The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society
[email protected]
www.hollywoodlibrarian.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/Librarians_in_the_
P.S. If you like, please take a minute to sign the Guestbook at http://www.ultraguest.com/?id=1118611276. Or drop me an email if you have any questions.”
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